How To Make Elderflower Champagne - Elderflower Champagne Recipe

elderflower cordial

🥗Healthier: homemade elderflower syrup

💰Cheaper: simple syrup

Homemade syrup can be lower in sugar and cost-effective.

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🥗Healthier: sparkling water

💰Cheaper: prosecco

Sparkling water reduces alcohol content, while prosecco is a more affordable sparkling wine.

Pick elderflower heads, aiming for about 8, and ensure they are free from bugs.

Return home with the elderflower heads to start making elderflower fizz.

Put 1.5 pounds of granulated sugar into a bowl.

Add 2 pints of boiling water to the sugar and stir until fully dissolved (takes a couple of minutes).

Add 6 pints of cold water to the dissolved sugar mixture.

Add the zest and juice of 1.5 small lemons to the mixture.

Add 2 tablespoons of white wine vinegar to the mixture.

Trim the elderflower heads and add them to the mixture, stirring gently.

Cover the mixture with a clean tea towel or food cover and leave it for 2-3 days to ferment.

After 2-3 days, use rubber gloves to scoop out as much elderflower as possible from the top.

Set up a sieve covered with muslin or linen over a large jug to strain the mixture.

Pour the mixture through the sieve to strain it into the jug, doing it a little at a time.

Fill plastic bottles with the strained mixture, leaving about one-third of the bottle empty to allow for pressure.

Squeeze the air out of the bottles to prevent spoilage.

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